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- Extra Slackware packages / user contributed package directory
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-
- These are some extra packages that might be handy. Use 'pkgtool' to install or
- remove these from your system. These can also be installed with 'installpkg'.
-
- Anyone who wants to contribute a package to this directory should send me mail
- at: volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com. The package must install cleanly, and must include a
- description to be added to this index (in which you can feel free to give
- yourself some credit). As of version 2.0.0, Slackware contains an easy to use
- package creation tool called 'makepkg' that can be used to make the package.
-
- I don't offer any support for these packages. :^)
-
- Some of these long package names may cause unsightly wrap-around in the color
- pkgtool's package removal menu, but it should still work ok.
-
- -- Pat
- ________________________
-
- ALSO SEE THE "package_descriptions" FILES FOR MORE INFORMATION!
-
- rescue.gz: This is a bootable rootdisk based on the 1.1.21 Linux kernel
- with all the standard drivers, and all the Linux filesystems
- including umsdos. It's got all the debugging and repair utilities
- for these filesystems, vim, and man pages for many of the included
- utilities. This is a compressed 1.44 MB disk image -- uncompress
- it and write it to a floppy. You'll need 8 MB minimum to use this;
- the disk self boots and then uncompresses a 2560K ext2 root
- filesystem into a ramdisk. It boots/loads much faster than the
- bootdisks that use LILO, too. :^)
-
- seejpeg v1.4.3: seejpeg is Evan Harris's JPEG viewer which utilizes svgalib and
- contains limited GIF, PPM and TARGA viewing support. The most
- useful feature of seejpeg is that it automatically decides on the
- "best" video mode to use based on the image being displayed and the
- video card being used. To aid it, various hints may be given as
- program options. In the worst case, it may be overridden.
-
- sample_users.tgz: If you install this package, 3 sample users will be created
- (gonzo, snake, satan). This package was once part of the AP disk
- series, but too many people installed it without noticing, and it
- was becoming the best known backdoor into Linux boxes all over the
- Internet (!). This package stems from a time before the "adduser"
- utility was put in Slackware, so it really isn't all that helpful
- anymore. You could use "adduser" to create some sample accounts
- nearly as easily.
-
- aps-23.tgz: Andreas Klemm's Apsfilter-2.3. aps-2 is an lineprinter input filter
- for Unix Systems with Berkeley alike printing system (configuration
- using /etc/printcap). Main features are AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE
- RECOGNITION for the filetypes: * ASCII * DATA * POSTSCRIPT * DVI *
-
- samba-1.9.13.tgz: Samba is a Unix based SMB file server. This allows a Unix host
- to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. This includes
- Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows
- for Workgroups, Windows NT, OS/2, Pathworks and many more. If you
- have any PCs running SMB clients, such as a PC running Windows for
- Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers from a Linux
- host, so that directories, files and printers on the Linux host
- are available on the PC.
-
- dosemu-0.60.1.tgz: An MS-DOS emulator (actually a virtual 80x86 machine for
- Linux that can run MS-DOS 3.3-6.2, DR-DOS 6.0, or possibly other
- versions of DOS).
-
- gcl-2.0.tgz: GNU Common Lisp 2.0. Now includes an interface to Tcl/Tk!
-
- auis63L4-*.tgz: Packages from the Andrew User Interface System, put together
- for Linux by Terry Gliedt.
-
- lemacs.tgz: This is Lucid Emacs version 19.10 (also known as xemacs)
-
- xgrabsc.tgz: A screen grabber for X.
-
- nvi.tgz: Version 1.34 of nex/nvi, a freely redistributable replacement for the
- Berkeley ex and vi text editors.
-
- noweb.tgz: A literate-programming tool like FunnelWEB or nuweb, only simpler.
-
- manpagesrc.tgz: This is groff source for all of the manpages in Slackware.
-
- smail/: Smail 3.1.29. Smail is a mail-handling system. Some find it easier to
- maintain and configure than BSD sendmail, especially for use with UUCP.
-
- pdksh.tgz: A Korn shell look-alike, version 5.0.6 alpha.
-
- g77.tgz: The GNU Fortran-77 compiler. (requires GCC 2.6.3)
-
- gpc-1.1p2.tgz: The GNU Pascal compiler. (requires GCC 2.6.3)
-
- perl-5.001.tgz: Perl version 5.001.
-
- slirp-0.9j.tar.gz: Source for a program to emulate SLIP/CSLIP from a Unix(R)
- shell account on the Internet.
-
-